Child&#39;s velocipede



W. ATKINS.

CHILDS VELOCIPEDE. APPLICATION FILED Dec. 3, 1919.

Patented Apr. 13, 1920.

NlTEl) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER ATKINS, OF SAN' FRANISG, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNQR OF CNE-THIRD TO WILLIAM J. ELLE?, AND ONE-THIRD T0 ALBERT D. PLUGHOFF, BUTT- 0F SAN rnencrsoo, onnironnra.

CI-IILDS VELOCIPEDE.

Application filed Beceinber 3, 1919.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be itknown that I, l/VALTER ATKINS, a subject of the King of England, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San F raniseo and State ol' California, have invented new and useful lrnprovenients in Childrens Velocipedes, of which the following is a speciication.

rl"he object of the present invention is to provide a childs velocipede, coaster or scooter, in the forni of an aeroplane.

ln the accompanying drawing Figure l is a side view of rny improved velocipede, F ig. 2 as a plan view thereof; F ig. 3 is a front view thereof; Fig. Ll is a bottom plan view thereof.

leiferring to the drawing, l indicates a base plate supported upon front and rear pairs ot skate wheels 2. The outline of said base plate being inade to resemble that of the body et an aeroplane so that it tapers to the rear, and upon the rear end thereof is secured a tail board v3 or' greater width than the board l, thus resembling the tail piece of an aeroplane and forming a seat for the rider. Secured on the under side of the board l near its front end by staples 6 is a transverse sha-it 7, on which are pivotally mounted brakes 8 the rear ends of which slide over the ground but can be pressed by the feet of the rider into the ground, thus checking the nioifenient or the velocipede. Upon the forward portions of the board 1 are secured as shown at 9, l0, the horizontally bent ends, of yoke-shaped standards 1l the middle portions of which are secured, as shown at i3, to the under side of an upper cross piece lll, while the intermediate portions ot' said standards are secured, as shown at 16, to the front or rear edges of a lower cross piece 17. Said upper and lower cross Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 342,088.

la and l?, as shown at 22 are the ends of a bar 25 bent orwarf ly in the middle portion,

and extending forwardly from said middle portion is a bolt @il on which is pivoted a propeller shaped vane 26. rlhe motion of the vehicle through the air causes said vane to be rotated and gives it the appearance of the propeller of an aeroplane.

ln one of the cross pieces, preferably the upper cross piece, as here shown, are formed two elongated holes or slits 217 serving as hand holds for the rider of the velocipede.

l olaini rrEhe combination ot a board, front and rear pairs of skate wheels on which said board is mounted, a tail board of greater width than the rear end of the irst nained board, upper and lower cross pieces of greater length than the width of the board, iron bars the lower ends of which are secured to the board and which extend upwardly :from said board and support said cross pieces, an upwardly extending bar secured centrally to the front edges of said cross piece and bent forwardly in the middle, and a propeller shaped vane rotatably supported at the center of said bar.

WALTER ATKINS. 

